The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, March 22, 1951, Image 4
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, March 22, 1951
Is money in short supply among
newspapermen? Many years ago
one seldom found great wealth
among the brethren of the quill; but
since the day of the typewriter mon
ey has been “easier.” But I’ve just
seen something that gives me pause
and makes me wonder. One morn
ing I read The News & Courier to
three men on bases, two outs, Ty
Cobb at bat.” Imagine that: the
great “Ty,” finest ball player of all
time; outstanding batter, swiftest
runner, most successful base-stealer,
with foot forward slide, moot dar
ing man in the game, man most
feared by pitchers—Ty Coibb at the
bat—three men “on base,” two outs:
iWell, well; all the thrills in a life
time during a few minutes.
The story-teller was an artist; he
had those men hanging on hisl
words; and I was hanging, too. Then,
when we expected him to say: a
double, a triple, a home-run—or
something fittingly filling the bill;
he said “three strikes, three balls;
what do you think of that?” I hav
en't fully recovered from my slump
yet.
So the banker will look us over.
see if Editor Waring were on the
warpath, tully emlbattled, and a biSjHe may be mildly tolerant on two
spread over three columns at the strikes ' an<i three'balls for a Babej
top of the page proclaimed by this j Ruth of business, but he won’t give
arresting headline: "Modern Bank-1 a p ass t 0 a man with three strikes. ■
ers Seek the Public s Goodwill. , j en j 0 y writing about baseball j
The article was very readable and (more than discussin g the latest
very true, for the big banker of to- ^ urn jj > j e ^ our Washington bureauc-i
day is not the bewhiskered and aus-, rac y ^ r i s true of most Ameri-!
tere man of money who used toi canSi j a dee p d i s gust for the
strike terror to us petitioners. To-r mora j lyaprosy which seems to be
day he looks just like other men j spreading in Washington. A sena-
and can t be distinguished from ^ w diose son gets big fees because
merchants or insurance men. There Government connections is no
is this difference: we show a mild, worse than the well known family J
deterence to the banker because w t i ich fattened because of White
we may need him some day, and jj ouse connections. A man with the
need him in a hurry. | ^j ne j ns tincts of the old time gentle- :
man would never have tolerated
famous Philadelphia Athletics three
times in one World Series!
I was in Buffalo, New York, and
read “Matty” had pitched in Cin
cinnati on Thursday. That would
put him on the mound in New York
on Sunday. But I knew he never
played on Sunday, so he was a cer
tainty for Monday’s game. I wait
ed in New York for Monday’s game.
I sat in the bleachers and listened
to the wise-cracking. I asked two
men if Mathewson were on the field.
One said: “Look over yonder; if you
see a fellow who nearly loses his
pants every time he throws the ball,
that’s Matty.” And sure enough.
Someone asked Mrs. Mathewson if
she approved baseball as a calling.
She said “Since my son has chosen it
I hope he will be the best there is.”
Or something like that. And he
was, the incomparable Matty, whose
pitching prowess is commemorated
by a bust in the Ball Players Hall
of Fame.
In that game, no base on balls, no
strike-out, as I recall: a few fouls, a
few balls, a few strikes and an easy
pop up or ball to the fielder^—69 J
pitches. This was the genius who'
was a master of control.
In the seventh inning one man
said, “Let’s go.” Said the other,
“Oh, no! You can’t tell; something
might happen.” “With that lead—
(about 4 to 2)—and Matty pitch
ing?”
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1 read the article in The News 1
& Courier with appreciation because
I have some banker friends who are
the finest gentlemen, warm-hearted,
courteous, patient, friendly—and all
that. They have never lent me mon
ey, so that may be—well, why say
it? They have to be careful.
As soon as I had been brought
up to date by my Charleston friends,
I opened The State to see if Brother
Latimer had called me down on the
proposed sales tax. My friend of
The State doesn’t usually engage in
a crusade, but recently I thought he
showed crusading symptoms. Short
ly after reading the editorials, and
Brother Grier’s newsy column, a I
three-column headline caught my |
cyr “Bankers Loosening Up, Are!
Smiling.” Well, here was that!
same delightful article which hadi
kindled such hopes in the Charles
ton fraternity, though with a dif
ferent headline. ,
Observe how that article impress
ed the boys who send out the news;
the Charleston headline writer, with
po-kets bulging with money, just
tht fifth of the month, noted with
dignity and restraint that the bank-1
ers are not only approachable but
sympathetic; whereas my brother of
The State, probably with certain
promising investments in prospect.j
breaks out in joyful song, "Bankers!
Loosening Up, Are Smiling”—all
presaging a hopeful interview on the
subject of finance. But though the
banker is a pleasant gentleman, and
dots not ask to see your membership
record in Sunday school, he still has
his eye on the ball all the time and |
knows when the count is* threei
strikes and three balls.
Some years ago I was on the ele
vated street car in New' York, going
to a ball game. Across from me a
things like that. President Wilson
had a daughter who sang, but she
didn’t ^sing for money; nor would
President Wilson permit his brother
to earn money from the Govern
ment. Times have changed; today
everybody wants money and the
getting of it isn’t always scrupu
lous.
The old-timer wanted money as a
bulwark against want in old-age.
These get-rich boys in Washington
seem to want lots of money today
for all the excesses of today.
Honest toil, honest poverty, do we
look down on those who live in the
lower brackets?
“To catch Dame Fortune’s gold
en smile
Assidious wait upon her;
And gather gear by every wile
That's justified by honor.”
It appears that the last line is
frequently overlooked.
May I quote Robert Burns again,
thinking olf America:
O Scotia, my dear, my Native soil!
For Whom my warmest wish to
Heaven is sent,
Long may thy hardy sons of rus
tic toil
Be blessed with health, and
peace and sweet content!
And, O, may Heaven their sim
ple lives prevent
From luxudy’s contagion, weak
and vile!
Then, how’er crowns and coro
nets be rent,
A virtuous populace may rise
the while.
And stand a wall of fire around
their much beloved isle."
I was at the game in New York
when the renowned pitcher, Christy
Mathewson, won the game with
only nine pitches. I don’t say
man was telling a story about crucial | “balls” because it might confuse
moments in a ball game. Detroit you. I had read about that wonder-
was in New York, and the celebrat-J ful pitcher—the man who didn’t
«‘d Georgia Peach, Ty Cobb, was in drink, who wouldn’t play on Sun-
hi.s prime. Said the man doing the
talking: “I went to a game recently
between Detroit and New York;
day, the college star of clean liv-1
ing, in a day of rough players. This |
was the pitcher who shut out the;
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